New Study Delivers a Kill Shot to Another Anti-Gun Narrative

townhall.com ^ | 7/10/2021 0300 hrs EDT | Matt Vespa

[rktman]

Well, we once again have new data that shreds the anti-gun Left and their narrative about firearm-related violence during the COVID pandemic. Some nine million Americans became new gun owners. That’s huge. Gun sales are through the roof. Once again, Joe Biden and the Democrats show they’re expert gun salespersons. With the Biden administration aiming to tweak the ATF regulation of pistol stabilizing braces, you can bet the rush to stock up has only intensified. This rule would put 10-40 million Americans in legal jeopardy. There is no grandfather clause. All firearms targeted with this new regulation must either be registered or turned over. it’s the largest gun confiscation and registration effort ever. It’s the groundwork for the mass confiscation effort anti-Gun Democrat lust for, they’re just waiting for expanded background checks to build a national database, but I digress.

New data shows that there is no relation to the spike in gun violence with the increase in gun sales (via The Guardian):

[rktman]

Sad to tell ya Matt. There is NEVER a kill shot to the anti-gun/anti constitution assclowns.

[rktman]

When we talk anti-gun crap and anything that counters their argument, they simply revert to this:

http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/748675/gun-violencemessaging-guide-pdf-1.pdf

[gundog]

“Reasoning will never make a man correct an opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired.” -Attributed to Jonathan Swift

[MileHi]

Some nine million Americans became new gun owners.

How do we know this?

[DesertRhino]

Their narrative doesn’t matter. The greatest source of untimely death in the last 120 years has been from government (not including war) and street thugs tolerated or used by government.

I have a natural inalienable right to the use of common weapons to preserve and protect my life. The second amendment does not GRANT me this right, it recognizes that it exists.

Eff their narrative.

[rktman]

SWAG from nics reports?

[BitWielder1]

They can never collect all the guns from criminals, all they can do is to go after law abiding citizens.

[rktman]

And the 2nd (although recently declared NOT absolute, or any of the amendments, by pedo joe) was supposed to prevent anyone from ‘INFRINGING’ on your rights. Hell, CCWs are an infringement. The batf is an infringement. 4473-—— You know the drill.

[TigersEye]

pistol stabilizing braces

Triggered snowflake term for "gun stock" or if you prefer "shoulder stock."

[mikelets456]

I know every single fact about gun “violence” but they don’t care. These people are fascists that want your means of self defense...period! They have no intention of listening to us. So I simply tell them “ you can listen to the facts or try to take them...what will it be”?

[Disambiguator]

The anti-gun movement will end when Jesus returns and removes evil from the world. We won’t need guns after that.

[rktman]

Strange thing, I was listening to Larry Elder yesterday and he had LA county sheriff villanueva on and he stated that “ghost” guns were a major problem for them. HUH? Sounded odd to me. Maybe I’m wrong because I’m not in the middle of it but that seems a stretch. Anyone? Bueller?

[rktman]

You sure you didn’t miss one or two? And, don’t forget that pedo joe declared that if it’s a choice between ‘truth’ or facts, they’ll choose ‘truth’. HUH? Facts? Pfffttttt! :-}

[mikelets456]

Oh believe me...not all but all the important ones like our “gun violence” levels are close to that of Europe...yes, comparing apples to apples it’s very close. Also our “gun violence” levels are lower than in the 1950s. I could go on and on but you get the point...they don’t care.

[ctdonath2]

Our side’s greatest ongoing mistake is assuming the battle can be wrong by reasoned argument which our opponents will accept as a decisive win.

Their strategy is ongoing weight of accusations hurtled. Make the first blow, be on to a different attack vector before an effective defense is used.

Sure a spike in ownership was not followed by a spike in crime; no debate, just on to the proliferation of loophole abuse of stabilizing braces!

[ctdonath2]

Unfortunately, ”pistol stabilizing brace” was exploiting a loophole to avoid laws regarding short barreled rifles. Wasn’t an invention of progressive snowflakes.

[TigersEye]

The DemonRats have been pushing gun control for decades.
This is how it has been working out for them.

• The percentage of Americans who believe we have a right to own guns has increased.
• The number of guns owned per gun owner has increased.
• Rounds of ammunition possessed per gun owner has increased.
• Concealed carry laws have spread from state to state like wildfire.
• Castle Doctrine laws have been passed in numerous states.
• Stand Your Ground laws have been passed in many states.
• Gun rights lobbying groups have become a cottage industry.
• In the worst economy since the Great Depression the firearms industry can't keep up with orders or expand fast enough.
• 65.4 Million Guns Bought Since Obama Took Office, 91% More Than Bush's First-Term Total 2/12/2013
• 46,455 Background Checks For Gun Purchases Each Day Under Obama 5/3/2013

And in the last two months... (Nov. 2012 and Dec. 2012)

• Americans Buy Enough Guns in Last Two Months to Outfit the Entire Chinese and Indian Armies 1/14/2013
• NRA membership has increased by 250,000. (Jan. 2013)

And it continues...

• NRA Surges to Record 5 Million Members (May 4, 2013)

And there is more...

• FBI Report: Early 2013 Crime Decrease Coincides with Gun Sales Boom

And more...

• FBI: March 2014 Was Biggest March in Gun Background Check History
  ...the raw data shows "2,488,842 total background checks
  were performed in March 2014."

And yet more...

• Gun sales spike in June (highest June sales since 1999) July 7, 2015
  Background checks for gun sales spiked 11% in June compared to last year, making it the busiest June ever,...

And more and more and...

• FBI data shows record number of September gun sales October 10, 2015
  FBI's National Instant Background Check System shows gun sales hit a record high for the fifth month in a row with 1,795,102 prospective gun owners processed in September.

We just keep buyin' more...

• Gun Sales Set Record for Sixth Month in a Row Sales for October 2015

And we bought more more more...

• Record for U.S. Gun Background Checks Set on Black Friday 12/3/2015

And more and more and more...

• 2015: The Year of the Gun (All time record number of background checks processed) 1/4/2016
  More than 23 million checks were processed through the National Instant Background Check System in 2015, an all-time record.

Could it be? More?

• July Gun Sales Crush Previous Record (2.2 million checks) 8/2/2016

More Americans buy more guns...

• October (2016) gun sales see massive spike, set yet another record 11/2/2016

We just love guns...

• Black Friday posts new single day record for gun checks at more than 200,000 Nov. 26, 2017

Buy a gun, you'll be in Hogg Heaven!

• 'Yuge' March for estimated gun sales April 3, 2018
  Applications submitted to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System exceeded 2.7 million last month
  —
  the busiest March on record and the third highest ranking month since the FBI began keeping track in 1998.

Another month, another record!

• April Sets Gun Sales Record May 7, 2018
  The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) ran 2,233,213 checks in April, according to an FBI document.
  That's nearly 90,000 more checks than the previous April record set in 2016.
  It also represents the second month in a row to set a record with March seeing 2,767,699 checks.

• NRA is back, ‘highest ever’ membership!..... April 4, 2019

Will the record breaking ever stop?

• April 2019 National Instant Background Check (NICS) Number is new Record May 15, 2019

Looks like it will never stop.

• In Year Of Impeachment More Guns Were Bought Than Any Other Time in US History 2/18/2020

It will never stop. :)

• Biden’s COVID Relief Checks Help Spur Another Record Month of AR-15 Sales April 1 2021

Gun sales records AGAIN!

• New Study Delivers a Kill Shot to Another Anti-Gun Narrative ... during the COVID pandemic. Some nine million Americans became new gun owners.

KEEP FLAPPIN' YOUR LIPS, DEMONRATS! WE'LL BUY MILLIONS MORE. ;-)

[BitWielder1]

1. Bad men shoot bad men.
2. Bad men shoot good men.
3. Good men shoot bad men only when absolutely necessary.
4. Good men don't shoot good men.

Liberals are only concerned about 3.

[TigersEye]

That’s OK ... I put a cloth mask on my pistols. :)

[MileHi]

If NICS knows whether a person undergoing a background check has purchased before, then they have to be archiving the data in violation of federal law. Right?